7,712 Quotes About Books

All novels are sequels; influence is bliss.

People are always asking that about books: What’s it about? It sounds like a simple question, but it isn’t. You could take all day to answer it if you really wanted to. And if the person asking the question really wanted to hear it.

Readers and writers around the world have a cultural commitment with our time.

I'll probably never again feel as intensely about books, read as desperately, and fall as deeply in love with stories and characters as I did that summer. Now when I read, I'm continuously trying to bring back that same immersion, fall in love again, and I judge every book against that impossible ideal. The books I love now aren't necessarily those that are written best, they're those books, like The Thorn Birds and Clan Of The Cave Bear, that bring me closest to that magic.

A book should grab you by the lapels and kiss you into tomorrow.

Only humans could write such pain and love, could make her swoon one minute and cry the next over something that had never really happened to people who’d never really existed.

The products your life must have could be in the form of books you’ve read or teachings you listen to via audio or video.

I dream of a house full of books.

The products your life must have could be in the form books you have written from the values you have added to yourself.